Deal Makers & Breakers

Well some sad events have transpired at Hollister. I didnt get the chance to work on the rehab team as expected. Im not too down about it. There will be other chances, but it is a bit disappointing. And Michelle is getting promoted to Chicago. Its sad to see her go because she so went to bat for us. So the future is a little uncertain but as always, we shall see.
So onto the subject for tonight. Lately, in our dating escapdes Tom and I have been talking alot about deal breakers. Things that would stop a blossoming relationship dead in its tracks. Neither one of us are afraid to say a major deal breaker would be atheism. We both believe in God strongly and we talked alot tonight about how He has His hands in our lives.
But the thing Tom said tonight was that this girl he has been dating said she has no deal breakers, only deal makers. I thought it was an interesting concept so I just had to talk about it on here. One of this girls deal makers is the ability to converse at length about worthwhile topics and be able to maintain it without being fake. Wow, I didnt think to put it that way exactly but I think thats huge. Im still going to have deal breakers, but Im also going to start establishing some deal makers. Maybe Ill have more on the subject later. For now, its time for my beauty rest. ;-)

10 Life Goals

I shall limit my goals to my top 10. Here we go!

1. To inspire people to greatness (Vague and ongoing, but I can break it down into the parts I do to attain this goal everyday)
2. To have a loving wife and kids, and an altogether wholesome family.
3. To have fulfilling life work.
4. To be able to do something very worthwhile for myself and my community.
5. To make a contribution to society in the form of a written work.
6. To learn as much as possible, and never stop learning.
7. To experience as much of life as possible.
8. To find true freedom.
9. To be financially independent and start my own business.
10. To be the man God wants me to be.

Maybe you can consider these my priorities rather then my life goals. Either way, this is what I live by. And Jason, only by compressing my plethora of goals down into these neat packages can I include them all. ;-) Enjoy!

Update

So I went and talked with Suzanne today up at Abercrombie. She is the lead person on the rehab team and it looks like I will get to help out after all. Jeff the DM of Abercrombie seems like he is willing to work things out with Michelle for me. We have a managers meeting in the morning so I will know more then probably.
And I bought a new ultimate frisbee. I cant wait to play. Im in the process of writing a new song as well. I realized its been more then a year since i have written something so I need to get cracking.
And I think I will be going out dating again soon. This will be the first time since January. Ive been so jaded for the longest time, but I have a good feeling about this one. Ive taken the time to get to know her better BEFORE we even go out unlike some of the past girls I have dated. So here is to good times, and high hopes. ;-)

Life is Good@!

So yeah, I like my job. Alot. Hopefully this will last a long time. But so far so good. It seems like a great company to stick with in the long run. My Store Manager Felicia just got promoted to DM. Congrats to her. She is moving to Portland. Im excited for her. And one of the assistant managers is going to be a store manager in Seattle. How cool is that? I mainly got in with this company to do some traveling and I am excited to really get into this company and learn everything.
Im looking to go onto what they call the "rehab" team. Basically they are the people who go into distressed stores and bring them back up to speed and also open all the new stores. We are opening stores in london and tokyo in the next couple of years and probably many more int'l ones after that. Hopefully I can play a big part in it.
Anyhow, its Easter morning. Time to go to bed so I can wake up again in a few hours. Peace!

I love it, the Grammar Nazi!

I was just reading some posts on the entp.org forums and found this picture. I just had to post it. haha. it fits me pretty well. once an editor, always an editor. ;-)